"Spectacular! The 'Hair'
of our
time"
Andrew Beath -
co-producer World Festival of Sacred Music, Los Angeles
"Never have I heard a
performance that stirred me this deeply inside"
Dr. Judy Kurianski, Author, radio
personality, New York
"Expect overwhelming feelings
of transformation."
Barbara Clarke, Author, San Diego
OurStory
begins in New York City
late one moonlit night: September 10 2000
Inter-dimensional androgynous sacred clowns are the
masters of Ceremony. They are archetypes drawn from cultures |
as varied
as
the Comeddia del Arte of early western theater to
the Kachinas
of the Hopi. They interact with the audience, act as guides and
provide classical rap
interludes (karmic relief). Archetypal man and woman sing and dance their way through a journey into
and through many of the challenges we face interrelating and
procreating as a species where for thousands of years
trust between man and woman has been betrayed. Romance, courtship, seduction,
moon cycles, mating, childbirth, jealousy, divorce
& custody
interweave with broader social issues introduced by the character of Gaia
(Mother Nature) who initially appears as a pregnant
bagwoman
on the streets of New York. Initially her path tenderly highlights the
economic and ecological themes: homelessness, social and feminine repression,
separation from nature and ultimately globalization and war. The effect this has on the human child, and the family
as the
foundation of civilization
has, over eons generated a cataclysmic reverberation which
points us all towards a global level of
trauma.
Through a profound group ritual
of forgiveness which actively includes the audience,
we are gradually
transported into a world where the
male assists the female to
return to her rightful place in balance
with the Father
as Mother of Creation.
(This is mythical but not religious in the context
of
this opera).
Masculine and Feminine (Yin and Yang) dance in ecstatic union,
partners in the creation and sustaining
of
life, love, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness
in a peaceful
world where
all life is honored
as sacred.
LISTEN
to 11 minutes of excerpts.
The player will open in a separate window, you can pop back over here to
continue reading as it plays...
View the full SYNOPSIS enchantingly illustrated
| This is
a radical musical journey through some of the global and personal issues that face us all right now. issues which are a direct result of the masculine/feminine imbalance on earth. A ceremonial healing ritual Created to assist in bringing balance in the psycho-sexual arena and therefore into all aspects of our global interspecies family, the opera addresses the economic and sociological imbalances which are basic causes of terrorism, war and many of the ecological challenges we are valiantly working to transform. It offers inner solutions to outer trials. Fundamentally
the story is about re-creating the personal myth
Whether
we choose to embrace a personal divinity or not,
The version I have recorded is virtually a one woman
show, and can be
There are plenty of great
songs (!) and spectacle,
Entertainment? - yes it is entertaining...and
shocking -
Follow the links to Listen to: rock opera excerpts or read the illustrated synopsis. For more background on my work please read my bio. If you would like to support this project, follow the link or make a wish or, . The libretto is available on request. |